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049 $aAFUK
090 $aG1046.G3$bL4 1994
100 1 $aLean, Geoffrey,$d1947-
245 10 $aAtlas of the environment /$cGeoffrey Lean, Don
Hinrichsen.
250 $a[New ed.]
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bABC-CLIO,$cc1994.
300 $a1 atlas (192 p.) :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c29
cm.
500 $aAt head of title: WWF.
500 $aEdition statement from jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-192)
505 0 $aMajor biomes, climatic regions and land use --
Human numbers -- The urban revolution -- Food production and
consumption -- Drinking water and sanitation -- Health --
The education gap -- GNP and the debt squeeze --
Industrialization and development -- Indigenous people and
refugees -- Deserts and desertification -- Freshwater :
abundance and scarcity -- Freshwater pollution -- Tropical
forest destruction -- The tropical timber trade -- The
fuelwood crisis -- Damaged watersheds -- Temperate forests
under threat -- Acid rain -- Urban air pollution -- The
greenhouse effect -- The ozone layer --Toxic and hazardous
wastes -- The spread of agrochemicals -- Natural and
man-made disasters -- Fossil fuel resources and energy
conservation -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy resources
-- Biological diversity and genetic resources -- Areas of
endemism -- Protected areas and national parks -- Major
conservation efforts -- Wildlife trade -- Migration -- The
world's wetlands -- The world's fisheries -- Whales and
whaling -- Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses -- Mineral
resources of the sea -- Pollution of the seas -- The Arctic
-- Antarctica.
650 0 $aNatural resources$xMaps.
650 0 $aEconomic geography$xMaps.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$xMaps.
650 0 $aEnvironmental degradation$xMaps.
650 0 $aNature conservation$xMaps.
700 1 $aHinrichsen, Don.
710 2 $aWorld Wide Fund for Nature.
740 01 $aWWF atlas of the environment.
740 01 $aWorld Wildlife Fund atlas of the environment.
